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CVE-2016-3955

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Description

The usbip_recv_xbuff function in drivers/usb/usbip/usbip_common.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted length value in a USB/IP packet.

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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1328478

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3004-1

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3003-1

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3002-1

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3001-1

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3000-1

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2998-1

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2997-1

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2996-1

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2989-1

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/86534

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/19/1

http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3607

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00044.html

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/b348d7dddb6c4fbfc810b7a0626e8ec9e29f7cbb

http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.5.3

http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=b348d7dddb6c4fbfc810b7a0626e8ec9e29f7cbb

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2016-07-03

Updated: 2025-04-12

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 10

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Critical

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.19013

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